Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-27
LOCAL BREyITIES.
The pay-car arrived last evening.

LOCAL BREYITIES.
The pay-car arrived last evening.
The Governor has appointed George L.
Colwell, Notary Public at Fresno city.
The steamer San JOAQUIN, No. 4, cleared
for San Francisco yesterday with wood and
merchandise.
The Yolo County Women's Christian
Temperance Union Convention will meet
at Woodland to-day aud tomorrow.
The remains of Dr. G. C. Westover. who
died at Alameda last Wednesday, were yes
terday taken to Woodland, his former resi-
dence, for interment.
P. S. Chiles' experiment in boring for a
water supply at his ranch near Davisville
will most likely prove failure, or, at best,
only partial success.
The barge Governor Hayes, which has
been almost rebuilt at the ship-yard on the
Yolo side of the river, has been launched.
and is again ready for service.
The prices bid for the lots offered for sale
at auction by Charles r. Parsons yesterday
did not quite reach the figures set by the
owner, and no transfers were made.
A very successful revival is being con-
Quoted at the Baptist Church in Woodland
by Rev. DR.. Chubbuck. Twenty of the
audience rose for prayer Tuesday evening.
The habeas corpus case of Albert Web
Der to recover his little son from his former
wife, now Mrs. Henry Miller. will come up
for hearing before Judge Van Fleet this
morning.
Judge Irwin, of Placerville, is in the city.
He says if Sacramentans want TO hear any
thing about boom they should go up into
Ell Dorado county, where they have the
genuine article.
swarm of bees settled upon the Boston
Drug Store awning, Third and streets,
yesterday morning, and after remaining
there several hours they were hived in a
box by Tom Scott.
When one of the walls of old st. Rose
Church building was pulled down yester-
day afternoon it failed to fall in the direc-
ton expected, and two workmen narrowly
escaped being crushed.
Sheriff Snodgrass, of Ventura county.
arrived IN the city last evening, en- route to
the State Prison at Folsom with ]. C. Bux-
gan, who is to serve fifteen months for
compromising felony.
All persons having flowers to spare for
Decoration Day purposes are requested to
leave or send word of the fact to Reeves &
Longs, No. 500 street, SO that they may
be called for the committee
General Superintendent Fillmore, of the
Southern Pacific Company, and party re-
turned from their trip of observation to the
front OF the California and Oregon Railroad
yesterday morning, and continued on to
San Francisco.
Samuel ?. Putnam will give one more
lecture at Pioneer Hall, to take place next
Sunday evening, at s o'clock, when his
subject will be American Democracy"
Admission free and the public generally
have an invitation extended.
Sacramento Council, Order of Chosen
Friends, will hold a private picnic at Rich
| mond Grove to-day. Sunset and Friend
ship Councils, and members of the order
generally, have been invited to participate
in the enjoyment of the occasion.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
in the office of the Secretary of State Of
the Winters Cannery. Principal place of
business, Winters, Yolo county. Directors,
NJ. Kahn, Z. Wolfskill, W. Baker, D.. H.
Waughtel and J. A. Dierlbiss. Capital
stock, $50, 800.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was 67.30, which is 03o. or three
tenths of one degree, warmer than the
mean average for that day during nine wears,
The highest and lowest temperature was
$50 and so, with fresh southerly winds
and clear weather.
Tom Scott, Archy Logan, John Carlaw.
r. NJ. Mellor, Ed. NJ. Martin, DIR. McCol-
lom, Rollin Renwick and d. McDougal, of
this city, and John Morrison, of Pleasant
Grove, leave this morning for the Bay, to
| attend the Caledonian picnic and games to
be held at Shellmound Park tomorrow.
There were shown at this office this week
15S ears of canary seed on one stalk, grown
on Chances ranch, half mile below y
street, on the lower Stockton road The ears
are all large and plump, and q few acres of
such yield as is promised should return a
very handsome sum if there is a good de-
mand in the market for canary seed.
These arrests were made yesterday: Gin
Ock, by Deputy Sheriff Eldred, for misde-
meanor; +. Robinson, by officer Ash, for
disturbing the peace; Milas Vincent. by
officers Mccormack and Able for being
drunk; Joe Paccino and Martha Mertens,
by the same officers, for disturbing the
peace; NJ. j. Mitchell surrendered him.
self, for battery.
Carl Halverson, of Hangtown Crossing,
on the Sacramento and Placerville Rail
road, above Patterson's, who had some
good racing at his place last Sunday. was
IN the city yesterday, and submitted
proposition TO Manager George, of the
Atlas, for the establishment of baseball
grounds at the Crossing, but owing to the
distance from the city, the suggestion was
not entertained.
Martin Burns and wife were taken in
charge by the police yesterday for safe
keeping, as they had been drinking to ex-
cess for so long u time that it was deemed
best to give them chance to sober up.
Mrs. Burns had got to such stage that
Halirinn. 1nt-aIOnal
ago Burns, through the death of sister,
became heir to a fortune of S17, 900, but
they have now scarcely more than one
fifth Of il left.